THE BRIGHT SIDE

Decide to be happy today, to live with what is yours – your family, your business, your job, your luck. If you can’t have what you like, maybe you can like what you have.

Just for today, be kind, cheerful, agreeable, responsive, caring, and understanding. Be your best, dress your best, talk softly, and look for the bright side of things. Praise people for what they do and do not criticize them for what they cannot do. If someone does something stupid, forgive and forget. After all, it’s just for one day.

Who knows, it might turn out to be a nice day.

Always think on the bright side--no matter what life brings to your day. You'll gain a treasure within your soul that no worry or hardship can ever take away. Isaac Purcell

RECIPES AND CRAFTS

The labels shown below will take you to posts with recipes and a few craft ideas that I've included in my daily entries.

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THE BRIGHT SIDE

I'm looking out the windowand the day is drab and dreary,And I'm trying to console myselfby thinking something cheeryI know it's simply horribleto get in such a slumpAnd I also know it's up to me to get across the humpAnd I realize I'm selfishto mention this to youFor, gee, you might be feelinga little 'low-down' toobut often when I feel like thisI tell myself it's trueThat I am not the only onewho feels 'low-down and blue'And just knowing there are otherswho feel the way I doRenews my sinking spirit and keeps me smiling throughand know that it's naturalto take a 'spirit-dive'Provides the spunk and courageto hang on and surviveAnd while there are a lot of moodsthat we can drive awayby looking on the BRIGHT SIDEin all we do and say,There also is a lonelinessthat God meant us to feelBut, gee, it sure is mighty hardto know which one is realAnd I'd hate to be a 'sad sack'who never saw the sunAnd just complained that every daywas such a dreary one.But I know that all the dark daysare just part of God's planWe should accept them graciouslyand do the best we can...So I'll just keep on tryingfor I know it's 'Gospel true'there never was a cloud so darkthe sun could not shine through!by Helen Steiner Rice

On the Bright Side Newsletter

I send this little letter out each morning to all my family and friends and even to a few people that I've never met. Many of them send it on to others too. So in order to make it available to more people I post the 'brighter side' of the news here each day in this journal. The letter began as an effort to keep in touch with my family as they are spread out in all directions. My family, friends and God are the most important things in my life.You'll find quotes, poems and stories and even a few recipes included in this newsletter. I try to find something new each day to share. In a world that very often publishes only the dark side of things I felt that others would be encouraged to hear about 'the bright side'.'On Ya'-ma

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ON THE BRIGHT SIDE OF LIFE

The comfortable and comforting people are those who look upon the bright side of life; gathering its roses and sunshine and makingthe most that happens seem the best.Dorothy Dix

Saturday, February 4, 2017

For Saturday, February 4th, 2017

Today is Wear Red Day which is your chance to help spread the word about Heart disease, and make sure that your friends and family can start taking the first steps to better heart health.

If you can't see the Bright Side, polish the dull side

THOUGHT FOR TODAY

Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life.

Proverbs 4:23

Guard it. Do not overburden it.

Our hearts guide and direct all that we do. Every word that comes out of our mouth starts in the heart. All of our actions and choices are driven by the desires of of our hearts. Guarding our heart means that we are in control of our thoughts and what we allow or minds to dwell on. It’s our thoughts and actions which dictate and influence what we feel and the things we do.

The weather roller coaster continues. Starting today we’re to warm up a little each day here until next Tuesday, when we’ll be close to 50 degrees. After that we’ll go down again but all in all it’s not looking bad at all here. It’s a mild winter for us so far.

Add egg noodles and continue boiling to cook noodles as directed on package. Soup is ready to serve when noodles are done. Season with salt and pepper to taste, or allow your guests to season their own.

Set this on the table with a loaf of dark bread and you have a meal worthy of being part of the celebration for Homemade Soup Day!

COUNTING MY GIFTS

We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.

Thornton Wilder

Counting at least 3 things every day that I'm thankful for. There is truly is always something to be thankful for.

4630. for hearts that are true

4631. for soup, that warms the body

4632. for a mild winter

Enter into His courts with thanksgiving — and in His presence is fullness of Joy!

2 comments:

Very simple but delicious soup recipe you shared here, Ma. I think I am going to make it in the next week after I throw some chicken in the crock pot. We like to cook about 5 pounds of chicken breasts in the crock pot every so often and then use the meat in a variety of ways, salads, burritos, in recipes that call for cooked chicken, etc. Next time we do this I'll save out 3 cups of chicken and make this recipe. It sounds yummy! Glad to hear so far it has been a mild winter and the end is in sight with spring just around the corner :)

Ditto on the yummy-sounding soup recipe ... comforting for the taste buds methinks.The weatherman says we're going to be in the mid-80's in a few days. I'm probably the only soul in the city who's a bit depressed by that news. LOL!